This was my first bedroom all to myself.   It was also the guest room when needed. I was so proud of the grown-up look of it.  My Aunt Dorothy made multi-colored organdy pom-poms to trim the tie-backs for the curtains, and the draperies were a deep sky blue.  My Grandmother called us all by pet names.  I was her "Blue-Eyed Darling", and I fancied my eyes the color of the drapes.  Here she is reading to me from the red book of Children's Stories.   I remember when she read about Androcles removing the thorn from the lion's paw, how tenderly her fingers would pretend to pluck it out.  And her mouth would purse up when reading about the "exquisite pain" the lion was feeling.

The red desk has been my life-long companion, still in use, but now decoupaged with family pictures.